Made in the UK by Paris Ceramics

Isn’t it great to find that some things are still made at home? In rich earthy hues, this exciting new collection of tiles from Paris Ceramics is lovingly handmade by an English artisan, using clay from Stoke on Trent. The appeal of these handmade stoneware tiles is that even the maker doesn’t know how the reactive glaze will turn out.

“It goes a bit darker where the glaze is thickest and lighter where the glaze is thinner”, he explains “The variation is truly beautiful and makes each tile unique.”

Although Paris Ceramics’ artisans can’t exactly control the colourway of each and every tile, they do allow customers to specify tiles that have more green (top row) or more blue (bottom row).

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Juxtaposing rough with smooth

De Ferranti’s Velvety Concrete Collection now offers this abstract design to add to its popular floral and damask wall-covering options

This swirling abstract pattern is the latest design in De Ferranti’s Velvety Concrete range of tiles and wall coverings. The lustre of velvet combined with roughly cast concrete offers a surface that is at once hard and soft, rough and smooth – indeed something very unusual for a wallcovering. Alternative designs are also available and bespoke commissions are happily undertaken.

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What’s the new spring trend for tiles?

As snakeskin and fishskin make news on the fashion catwalks, De Ferranti’s stylish briquettes offer a beautiful textured surface for interior decoration

In soft shades of blue-green, these elegant briquettes emulate the trend for reptilian and aquatic themes on the fashion catwalks. The subtle textured and patterned surfaces are idea for truly distinctive wallcoverings.

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